Carriage-seat



(N0 Model.)

RR MURRAY.

CARRIAGE SEAT.. No. 358,057. Patented Feb.22`, 1887'.

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DANIEL B. MURRAY, OF YOUNGSTOVN, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 358,057, datedFebruary 22, 1887.

Application filed April Q2, 1886.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that LDANIEL B. MURRAYn citizen of the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State ot'Ohio,haveinvented celtain new and useful Improvements in Carriage andBuggy Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of my invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompan ying d rawings, which form part oi'this specilication.

My invention relates to the construction and trimmings ot' lazy-backsand dropbacics for carriages and buggysseats; and its object is a deviceapplicable to both, by means of which is secured, tirst, a lazy-backhaving a covering and upholstery that is removable therefrom atpleasure, and, second,a new form of drop-back, also removable, wherebyin both applications ofthe device the advantage in manufacture oftrimming at the bench without the seat is obtained, and cheap, durable,and artistic forms ot' mechanism are provided.v The value of removabletrimmings and upholstery of carriage and buggy seats for the purposes ofcleaning and repairs is well understood.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front longitudinal View of a seat with mylazy-back a and its counterpartb trimmed and in place. 2 is a similarview of my dropback, ot' which the part b, covered and trimmed, formsthe upper part. Fig. 3 is a view in group longitudinally of the front orface sides of ct and b. Fig. et is a similar view of the lower edges ofthe same. Figs. 5 and 6 are views, as in Fig. 4, of variations in themechanisms of ct -and b, accomplishing the same object; and Fig. 7 is across-section view of my lazy-back shown at Fig. l.

My device consists of the parts a and b in combination, which I will nowdescribe. Each is made ot' wood and of sizes suitable to the seat forwhich intended.

The part b is a lazy-back, straight or curved, as may be desired,rabbeted at each end as a means of securing a when in place, andsupported by the usual braces and side rails, attached, preferably, tothe front side, the point of attachment of the side rails being imme-Flg.

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diately inward from the rabbets, so that when a is in place b is neatlycovered.

The part a, which is a skeleton for upholstery, corresponds in form withb, except that it is somewhat larger,and,'instead ofthe rabbets at theends, has a rabbet cut upon its front side upward from the lower edge asdeep as the thickness of b, which is to rest therein,and to which itconforms in shape, so that only a heavy iiange remains at the ends andupper edge, the end iianges being grooved upon the inner sidesto'receive t-he rabbeted ends of b when the two parts are broughttogether. Across the rabbeted side ot' ct, and glued or otherwisefastened to the flanges, is placed buckram or other proper material, andthe whole is then covered and trimmed, an ornamental welt covering theupper and side edges. If for a lazyback, the lower edge is so finishedin the trim mings that the passage of b into the space formed by therabbet in a and covered by the buckram is not interfered with, as shownat Fig. 7 5 and it' for a drop-back, thework is the same, except thatthe buckram or other material extends downward the requisite distance toform a back covered on both sides, stuffed, and upholstered, so that thependent part of the back is forward of b and does not obstruct theplacement or removal of a thereover.

The mechanism and manner of use of my device in both applicationsthereof will now be readily comprehended, and its valuev in theparticulars already suggested will be appreciated.

The variation shown at Fig. 5 diiters from the mechanism shown at Fig. 3in the shape of the groove of a and in the substitution of beveled endsfor the rabbets in b, and in the variation shown at Fig. 6 the rabbetsand grooves in ct and the rabbets in b are omitted, and, as a means ofholding these parts in place, there is substituted set-screws havingplain or ornamental heads, which pass through a and enter or act againstb.

In addition to the uses of my invention above specified, I also apply itto the sides of seats and generally in vehicles where a removablelazy-back or dropback is desirable.

Vehicle-seats have been constructed having the lazy-back provided with adetachable up- IOO holstered back, which is secured to the lazybackeither by plates fastened to the removable back and provided withsuitable hooks which are adapted to enter sockets formed in the upperedge of the lazy-back, or by lugs or catches secured to and projectingfrom the removable back interlocking with countersinks of the lazy-back.Such construction is essentially different from and forms no part of myimprovement, which is specifically set forth in the claims.

What I claim isl. In carriage and buggy seats, thelazy-back consisting,in combination, of the part Z1,eitherY straight or curved, and rabbetedat the ends to fit into the grooves in a, and of the part a, in formsimilar to b, except larger and without rabbets at the ends, and whichhas a rabbet upon its front side cut upward from thelower edge of sizeand shape to receive b snugly therein, the rabbeted ends of b, when thetwo parts are brought together, resting in grooves in the sides of theilanges formed at the ends of a, as a means of holding the two parts inplace, substantially as described, and for the purpose expressed.

2. In carriage and buggy seats, the removable drop-back consisting, incombination, of the part b, either straight or curved, and rabbeted atthe ends to t into grooves in a, and

of the part a, which is a skeleton covered and supporting a drop-backextending downward from the front side, the skeleton being in formsimilar vto b, except larger and without rab beted ends, and having arabbet upon its front side cut upward from its lower edge, of size andshape to receive Z snugly therein, with the rabbeted ends of b restingin grooves in the sides of flanges formed by the rabbeting at the ends,as a means of holding the two parts in place, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose expressed.

3. In carriage and buggy seats, in combination, the parts at and b, bbeing straight or curved, as may be desired, and the part a being askeleton to carry trimmings, in form similar to b, except larger andhaving a rabbet upon its front side cut upward from its lower edge, ofsize and shape to receive b snugly therein, the two parts being heldtogether by setscrews which pass through a from the back and enter oract against b, substantially as described, and for the purposeexpressed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses. Y

DANIEL B. MURRAY.

Vitncss'es:

WV. R. LANE, W. R. STEWART.

